On Monday and Tuesday I worked and it ended up okay. I'm still shaky on some of the recipes and procedures, but each time I'm gaining experience and that helps to shape the overall sensation. Each time I lock up, I consider my successes and failures, putting them into perspective. I made Americano for the first time, but ruined some lady's egg ( Read more... )

"Something has changed within me, something is not the same. I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game. Too late for second guessing, too late to go back to sleep, it's time to trust my instincts, to close my eyes...and leap ( Read more... )

Today was my day off. It's a teacher in-service day, which means a well earned vacation. I celebrated by sleeping in until 10, then getting a shower and dressed while watching an episode of The Practice that I taped from yesterday. It's only on at 11 am, which really sucks. Fortunately for me, it was part one of a two parter that concluded just ( Read more... )

Belatedly, it came to my attention that Wednesday was the day of the Key Club blood drive. Typical. I sign up for these things and subsequently forget. I had two Krispy Kreme’s in first period and forced myself to eat two of the meatball subs from the cafeteria, complete with tomato sauce from a can and mozzarella that tastes like plastic and is ( Read more... )

1)what's your name?
2)how do you know me?
3)Ask me 3 questions, no more no less. Ask me anything you want. Then, I want you to go to your journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything...

I woke around 1:30 and some deep rooted feeling kept nagging at me in the dark and kept me awake. There is something in the air, something about the season, that leaves me feeling restless and leaning too much on the future. There's an element of some existential dread as well, but that isn't what bothers me. These days there is plenty to keep me ( Read more... )

This letter lady entry is going to be slightly different than “K” or “M”, I’m just copying verbatim excerpts from my observations I’ve made over the course of my experience with Lauren. I’m not entirely sure what the fascination consists of, but I’m glad to have been fascinated. Enraptured ( Read more... )

Today was full of surprises. I came to understand that a notion I’ve held since late January was wrong and I misjudged someone badly. I have not yet decided whether or not I’m going to make amends. While I did operate under false pretenses, this person was not entirely innocent, their betrayal being something different, but a forgivable different ( Read more... )

I procrastinated on my homework last weekend and so it came to be 12:30 Monday morning, I had just watched Alias and two episodes of The Practice, but I had a fair deal of homework to accomplish. I worked for hours and got less than two hours rest before literally falling out of bed to get into the shower. It was my donut day in physics and I ( Read more... )

I got the job at Mandy's. It's a part time gig as a "barista", which according to Melanie, y'know the one who "M" is for, is a coffee-slinging, drug dealer. The pay is good, it's within walking distance, which is ideal since I don't have a car, yet. There are rumblings out there that I might be getting one to commute to and from Allegheny. And why ( Read more... )